Justice Ginsburg’s supreme act
The curtain rose on Act 2 of The Daughter of the Regiment, revealing the figure of a tiny woman barely visible in a large dome chair with her back to the audience. Suddenly, she swiveled around — and there was Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
Cheers and prolonged applause rang out from the crowd at the Kennedy Center in Washington on Saturday night even before Ginsburg, a lifelong opera lover who was making her official operatic debut, opened her mouth to speak as the imperious Duchess of Krakenthorp.
Her character, a non-singing role in Donizetti’s frothy 1840 comedy, had come to find out whether the title character, Marie, was worthy of marrying her nephew.
Looking frail but determined and wearing an elegant acid green silk dress, the 83-year-old justice read from a crib sheet a series of qualifications that sounded very much like requirements for high political or judicial office. Her deadpan delivery was boosted by a microphone, although laughter from the audience occasionally drowned her out.
Pink reveals she’s expecting
Grammy-winning pop star Pink is expecting her second child with husband and motocross champ Carey Hart.
The baby news was confirmed by publicist Meghan Kehoe after Pink posted a baby-bump shot with 5-year-old daughter Willow on Instagram. The caption read simply, “Surprise!” There were no further details.
Complementing her motherhood, the 37-year-old singer is a children’s advocate through UNICEF. Last year, she was named an ambassador to help promote physical activity in young children in the United States.
Pink also raises money through UNICEF for nutritional relief for malnourished children worldwide, and she’s the national spokeswoman for the UNICEF Kid Power fitness band.